DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
This recent infographic shows some more of the trends in content matching (papers vs. all online sources), shares some statistics about the number of papers written and topics they’re written on, and even offers a few ideas for teachers to …
A great list of resources to prevent and detect plagiarism.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/06/8-resources-for-preventing-and.html…
With the latest technology, writing is entering a brave new world where traditional problems such as plagiarism will be significantly reduced or even eliminated and writing performance will be enhanced and facilitated.
http://etcjournal.com/2012/05/02/death-of-plagiarism-in-the-21st-century/…
A list of free Plagiarism tools that teachers can use to deter students from cheating on assignments.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/04/free-plagiarism-detector-tools-for.html…
University students who don’t want to be branded as cheaters just need to remember a few simple words: always cite the site.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Concordia+revisits+plagiarism+policy/6057680/story.html…
As a teacher, you hope you will never need to use these tools, but once in a while a student turns in a writing assignment, which you suspect is not his own. Here is a great list on plagiarism checking …
For some students, a writing assignment takes weeks of research, writing and revisions. For others, the ingredients are more along the lines of Google, CTRL+C and CTRL+V. And for others still, the assignment is nothing more than a transaction with …
Plagiarism, as teachers we see it a lot. Sometimes it’s done intentionally, sometimes it’s done accidentally. Either way we can’t allow our students to plagiarize other people’s works. Plagiarisma is a free tool that teachers and students can use to
“Digital technology makes copying and pasting easy, of course. But that is the least of it. The Internet may also be redefining how students — who came of age with music file-sharing, Wikipedia and Web-linking — understand the concept of …
EssayRater is a free web app that reviews, grades and checks essays for plagiarism, and helps you to improve them. This tool goes beyond the usual online proof-reading tools by checking your paper for the quality of word choice, sentence …
Plagiarism detection service Turnitin is setting its sights on helping educators deal with their latest headache: AI chatbots capable of doing students’ homework for them.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/turnitin-students-teachers-ai-canvas…
With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in education and content creation, tools like ChatGPT, Jasper, and Bard have made it easier than ever to generate essays, reports, and even research papers. However, academic integrity remains a critical concern, prompting …
You can use AI itself to spot cheating and plagiarism via AI. Here’s how.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-detect-ai-writing…
While ChatGPT can answer any question you may have, some users wonder whether its responses contain plagiarism. To investigate this, we generated four different types of texts using ChatGPT and then evaluated their originality using various plagiarism detection tools.
While many worry these advanced AI technologies are ushering in a new age of plagiarism and cheating, these technologies also introduce opportunities for educators to rethink assessment practices and engage students in deeper and more meaningful learning that can promote …